{"operation":"document","citation":"P-85-022","title":"NTSB Safety Recommendation P-85-022","source_type":"guidance","agency":"National Transportation Safety Board","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"1985-07-01","effective_on":"1985-07-01","summary":"THE NTSB RECOMMENDS THAT THE PLASTIC PIPE INSTITUTE: IN COOPERATION WITH THE AMERICAN GAS ASSOCIATION AND OTHERS, DETERMINE WHAT MATERIALS PRESENT IN NATURAL GAS DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS MAY ADVERSELY AFFECT ABS PLASTIC PIPE AND WHAT, IF ANY REMEDIAL ACTIONS SHOULD BE TAKEN. PUBLISH AND DISTRIBUTE THIS INFORMATION TO GAS OPERATORS NATIONWIDE.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-85-022.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-85-022.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-85-022","source_url":"https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/sr-details/P-85-022","body":"NTSB safety recommendation P-85-022.\n\nTHE NTSB RECOMMENDS THAT THE PLASTIC PIPE INSTITUTE: IN COOPERATION WITH THE AMERICAN GAS ASSOCIATION AND OTHERS, DETERMINE WHAT MATERIALS PRESENT IN NATURAL GAS DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS MAY ADVERSELY AFFECT ABS PLASTIC PIPE AND WHAT, IF ANY REMEDIAL ACTIONS SHOULD BE TAKEN. PUBLISH AND DISTRIBUTE THIS INFORMATION TO GAS OPERATORS NATIONWIDE.\n\nPriority: CLASS III\n\nOverall Status: Closed - Unacceptable Action\n\nIssued Date: 1985-07-01\n\nAdopted Date: 1985-06-12\n\nOverall Date Closed: 1989-05-19\n\nSynopsis: AT 3:30 A.M. ON SEPTEMBER 25, 1984, AN EXPLOSION FOLLOWED BY AN INTENSE NATURAL GASFED FIRE DESTROYED TWO APARTMENTS AT 3022 NORTH 37TH STREET IN PHOENIX, ARIZONA. OF THE 12 PERSONS INJURED IN THE FIRE, 5 PERSONS LATER DIED. AFTER THE FIRE WAS EXTINGUISHED, THE 1 1/4-INCH-DIAMETER PLASTIC GAS MAIN SUPPLYING GAS TO THE DESTROYED APARTMENTS WAS EXCAVATED AND A 3-INCH-LONG LONGITUDINAL SPLIT WAS DISCOVERED IN THE BOTTOM OF THE PIPE 18 FEET FROM THE GAS METERS ON THE APARTMENT BUILDING. GAS AT 30 PSIG HAD ESCAPED THROUGH THE LONGITUDINAL SPLIT, MIGRATED INTO AND UNDER THE APARTMENTS, IGNITED, EXPLODED, AND BURNED.\n\nNtsbnumber: DCA84AP026\n\nReport Number: PAR-85-01\n\nAddressee Name: Plastics Pipe Institute\n\nAddressee Status: Closed - Unacceptable Action\n\nAddressee Date Closed: 1989-05-19\n\nAddressee Acronym: PPI\n\nAddressee Organization Type: A-Associations\n\nCommunication Date: 1988-10-21\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence\n\nAddressee Acronym: PPI\n\nAddressee Organization Type: A-Associations\n\nCommunication Date: 1989-05-19\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence","truncated":false,"body_characters":1624}